Rent 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)

3.6 of 5 from 207 ratings
1h 33min
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Synopsis:
'20,000 Days on Earth' is a bold and unique look at one of music's most mysterious and charismatic figures, the iconic musician and writer Nick Cave. Directors lain Forsyth and Jane Pollard present a vision of an artist in a way that is unconventional yet undeniably intimate, while also exploring more universal themes of creativity and how we choose to spend our time on the Earth. The film presents Cave's personal analysis of his own life and creative processes.
He shares humorous tales of times past with bandmate and frequent collaborator Warren Ellis, and engages in enlightening discussion with those who have affected his life both professionally and personally, including former Bad Seed Blixa Bargeld, actor friend Ray Winstone, and perhaps most notably Kylie Minogue, with whom Cave collaborated on his breakout hit Where the Wild Roses Grow.
Actors:
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Directors:
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Producers:
Dan Bowen, James Wilson
Writers:
Nick Cave, Iain Forsyth
Others:
Iain Forsyth, Jonathan Amos
Studio:
Channel 4 DVD
Genres:
Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
Awards:

2014 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Directing Award Documentary

2014 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Editing Award Documentary

BBFC:
Release Date:
20/10/2014
Run Time:
93 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.40:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • The Making of 20,000 Days on Earth
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • 13 Bonus Scenes, including: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing with Kylie Minogue, and Nick Cave with Ray Winstone
BBFC:
Release Date:
20/10/2014
Run Time:
93 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • The Making of 20,000 Days on Earth
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • 13 Bonus Scenes, including: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds performing with Kylie Minogue, and Nick Cave with Ray Winstone

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Reviews (2) of 20,000 Days on Earth

Cave Man Blues - 20,000 Days on Earth review by Count Otto Black

Spoiler Alert
11/02/2015

You'd think a film consisting entirely of a middle-aged rock-star talking about himself and his music, hanging out with his celebrity buddies, and doing a little bit of studio recording would be duller than chartered accountancy. However, Nick Cave isn't your typical incoherent egomaniac pop has-been. Remember, when he's not making records, this guy writes novels. Real ones, not rock-star vanity projects that somebody else wrote 90% of. So although he's probably broken the laws concerning narcotics nearly as often as poor befuddled Ozzie, his brain clearly isn't fried. In fact, he's obviously very smart indeed, as well as wildly imaginative, to the point where he can even be interesting while talking about the weather. Which is just as well, since he does in fact talk quite a lot about the weather.

Basically this is a guided tour of Nick Cave's fascinatingly bizarre mental architecture which grabs your attention from the get-go. What stopped me from giving it 5 stars was that the opening scenes grabbed my attention just a little bit too much by promising me the kind of film David Lynch might make in one of his less pretentious moods. And however good the movie we actually get may be, I was a little disappointed that it didn't go anything like as far as I initially thought it would. And also, although I realize that this is a documentary about what Nick Cave does on an average day, and most days he doesn't fight terrorists or save children from burning orphanages, it would have been nice if a little more had actually happened, and he'd gone out for a nice lunch with an old pal and so on ever so slightly less.

But these are very minor problems with a film which is mostly excellent. Long before the end I was wishing that Nick Cave was a friend of mine because he's obviously a tremendously interesting guy to hang out with. I even forgave him for that Birthday Party gig which was so loud I was partially deaf for a fortnight. And it takes a very good documentary indeed to do that!

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Self-obsessed - 20,000 Days on Earth review by JD

Spoiler Alert
11/04/2015

Can an autobiography be too self-obsessed? I think it depends on how much you admire the person prior to watching/reading it. I had no knowledge of Nick Cave and therefore saw this from the outset as the reflections of a narcotic addict whose addled and slightly delusional mind couples with an unpleasing personality. Maybe he did start out as the most interesting person in the room but fame has converted this to egomania. It received awards, not in my opinion deserved.

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